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Last Tuesday I had placed an order to OdicForce, for the following:
- 1 laser (445nm, 1000mW)
- 2 TrustFire batteries (3.6V)
- 1 TrustFire battery charger
- 1 pair of Eagle Pair glasses
The parcel arrived this morning: I'm really surprised how fast the shipment has been.
The host of the laser is black, 19 cm long, with a circumference of 9.1 cm.
The battery charger can host 2 batteries, it has a voltage selector and comes with 2 cables: one ends with a NEMA 1 plug, the other ends with a Europlug. Unfortunately for those who live in the EU like me, the latter cannot be plugged into the charger because the other end of the cable is the wrong shape. However, I already had a universal plug adaptor, so I used that with the NEMA 1 cable instead.
After charging the batteries, I tried the laser. I noticed that it's kinda hard to find the right position to screw the tail cap into position when the batteries are in, but that might be because I bought protected batteries, each of which is 0.8 mm longer than its equivalent non-protected battery.
Since the brochure shows 4 patterns, I had assumed that only four out of the five screw-on filters provided were pattern generators, while the fifth was simply a focussing lens. Instead, all five of them are pattern generators: to focus the beam you need to twist the entire anterior part of the host.
When unfocussed, the diode projects a rectangular beam (with rounded edges); this, however, can be effectively focussed to a dot, which burns stuff very quickly. The focussed dot is surprisingly bright even with protective glasses on (only, it shines yellow instead of blue).
NOTE: I do NOT know what the dot looks like with protective glasses OFF, because whenever I use a laser I always use the appropriate glasses, and despite the bias against glasses some posters here have, I will NOT desist from using them. I was just surprised to how much brighter it is than the dot of a 200mW red laser seen with appropriate glasses on.
Overall, I'm really satisfied and I feel like recommending OdicForce to any laser enthusiast in the EU.
- 1 laser (445nm, 1000mW)
- 2 TrustFire batteries (3.6V)
- 1 TrustFire battery charger
- 1 pair of Eagle Pair glasses
The parcel arrived this morning: I'm really surprised how fast the shipment has been.
The host of the laser is black, 19 cm long, with a circumference of 9.1 cm.
The battery charger can host 2 batteries, it has a voltage selector and comes with 2 cables: one ends with a NEMA 1 plug, the other ends with a Europlug. Unfortunately for those who live in the EU like me, the latter cannot be plugged into the charger because the other end of the cable is the wrong shape. However, I already had a universal plug adaptor, so I used that with the NEMA 1 cable instead.
After charging the batteries, I tried the laser. I noticed that it's kinda hard to find the right position to screw the tail cap into position when the batteries are in, but that might be because I bought protected batteries, each of which is 0.8 mm longer than its equivalent non-protected battery.
Since the brochure shows 4 patterns, I had assumed that only four out of the five screw-on filters provided were pattern generators, while the fifth was simply a focussing lens. Instead, all five of them are pattern generators: to focus the beam you need to twist the entire anterior part of the host.
When unfocussed, the diode projects a rectangular beam (with rounded edges); this, however, can be effectively focussed to a dot, which burns stuff very quickly. The focussed dot is surprisingly bright even with protective glasses on (only, it shines yellow instead of blue).
NOTE: I do NOT know what the dot looks like with protective glasses OFF, because whenever I use a laser I always use the appropriate glasses, and despite the bias against glasses some posters here have, I will NOT desist from using them. I was just surprised to how much brighter it is than the dot of a 200mW red laser seen with appropriate glasses on.
Overall, I'm really satisfied and I feel like recommending OdicForce to any laser enthusiast in the EU.
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